“These are like little peanut butter and chocolate balls. You basically mix it all up together. It is a perfect recipe to do at a sleepover or for parties. It is pretty simple and it really doesn't take too long. It takes about as long as chocolate chip cookies do, maybe a little longer, but if you love chocolate and peanut butter, you'll love this.”

This is my mainstay recipe for Buckeye candies. One tip that worked well for me,chill the peanut butter mixture. I then rolled it into balls. After rolling into one inch balls,I kept them chilled. I have made this many times. I have used the butter instead of shortening for the chocolate because I hadn't shortening.:-)
Also have used the wax for candies. No butter or shortening. It turned out well, allowing the chocolate to set up quickly on the chilled ball. It had a nice snap. Key is not too much wax or the chocolate is nasty.
I live in a hot place its why I chilled the dough.

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I am 54 and have done alot of baking for many years. This never did come together right. It was crumbly, and I even added more peanut butter out of frustration. I didn't want to waste it, so I sat for more than an hour and smashed each ball together to make the balls. WIll not ever do this recipe again.

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I have made buckeyes for years and I am a dark chocolate fan so these are perfect. Instead of the shortening (which I didn't care for) I use a quarter chunk of paraffin wax. Melted it in the pan first, then the chocolate. Yummy

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"FANTASTIC!!" was the response from my hubby - an OSU fan, Ohio native and Reese's junkie. Now he gives me sad puppy eyes when he wants me to make more. The dough freezes extraordinarily well for a long time in a freezer ziplock which makes it easy to make a few at a time when he needs a buckeye fix. If you don't care about eye-appeal, but merely tastiness, you can fling the balls of dough into the melted chocolate and fish them out with two forks. Wonderful recipe, Sally. Thank you for sharing.